Can-opener.



A. J. & G. W. ANDERSON.

CAN OPENER."

APPLICATION mm MAY l. 1911,

Patented Dec. 11, 1917 To rallauliom z't may concern:

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Befitknown, that we, ANDREW J. AND R- SON and Gus ANDERSON, citizens of the United States, residing at "Galesburg, 1n

thecountyof Knoxrand State of vIllinois,

have invented. anew. and useful Gan-Opener, of which: the following is, a specification.

This invention relates to can openers, one ofits objects beingto-provide a. device of this character especially useful inremoving the ends of cans by cutting through ithe, wallsithereof, whether the-cans be .round or angular, thereby permitting the contents of thecans to-be removed bodily.

'A further object is to L combine with a can opening'blade,1-a novel form of slidablegrip improper positionto cut. 1 1

Another object is to provide a can grip ping element -whieh,;when.not in use, serves to protect -the gpoint of 3 the cutting blade.

A still further object is to provideacan gripping element havingnieans for automatically resetting it afterxeachgcutting operation.

for engaging the can so as to holdjthe blade WVith the .foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention. In the accompanying drawings the pre ferred form of the invention has been shown. In said drawings a Figure 1 is a perspective view of the can opener.

Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, a portion of the handle being broken away.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 33 Fig. 2. Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a handle having a ferrule 2 which extends across oneend thereof- Extending from the handle and the ferrule is a blade 3 the free end portion of which is provided with an obliquely disposed cutting edge 4: terminating in a point 5. This blade. has a longitudinal slot 6.

Straddling the blade 3 arethe arms? and 8 of a gripping element, these arms being extended from a saddle 9 which normally .overhan s the edge 4 and is provided, at its free en with oppositely extending wings can-OP N R. 5

p Specification of Letters Patent. lDfliIZ. llll, t application alan yi, 1917. 3 1

Serial No. 165,770.

l0ieach of which is provided, in its lower .1.

edge, with an angular recessor notch 11. .Thetwo arms are connectedby rivets .12. or thelike extending through the slot 6 and adapted to slide longitudinallyof theslot.

Astem 13 is arranged along oneside-of I the blade. One end of this stem is extended laterally as at 14: and secured within one of the. arms, 7 while the other end Ofwthe stem isslidably mounted in the end of the ferrule and iathehandle 1, therebeing a recesslo 1 provided therefor. A coiledspring 16 is mounted on'the stem and bears at oneend against the ferrule and at its other jend againstthe laterally extending end of the stem. This spring serves to holdthe saddle 9 normally projected forwardly so as to overhang the point'5 of the blade.

fiProjecting outwardly from that endof the arm 8 remote from the saddle 9 is a bottlecap remover 17 which can bje of any desired configuration. v t

. A can opener such-asherein described is especially"-useful for cutting through the sides of a can close to the top thereof, thus permitting the entire end of the can to heremoved, so as to allow the contents of the can to be bodily removed. In using the can opener in this manner, the point 5 is forced into the side of the can close to the end thereof, and the edge of the top of the can thus permitted to rest in one of the notches 11. The wings 10 will tightly grip the can while the blade 3 is being swung outwardly and the edge 4 is cutting into the can, this blade traveling forward during the cutting op eration, while the wings 10, by reason of their frictional engagement with the can, will be held against forward movement, thus placing spring 16 under compression. As

soon as the blade 3 is swung back to give a wardly on the part 17, the saddle 9 can be removed from above the edge 4 so that said edge can be easilysharpened.

While this device is particularly useful in cutting through the sides of a can, whether angular or round, it can also be need for opening a ear. in the ordinary manner, to Wit, through the top thereof.

, Obviously, ,Where the can is angular, it\ is possible, by providing the grip arrangement herein described, to cut up to the angle, be-

' sitely extending can engaglng Wings and yielding means forholding the wings norinallygpressed toposition adjacent the point of the'blade;

-- 2. Afcan opener including a blade having an obliquely disposed cutting'edge terminating in a-point, a gripping element slidably mounted on the blade and including oppositely extending can engagingvvings, and yielding means for holding the Wings nor- 7 mallypressed to position adjacent the point ofthe blade, said Wings having can receiving notches.

I 3. -A can opener including a blade having an obliquely disposed cutting edge terminating-in'a point,a saddle, yielding means for holding the saddle normally in position opposite the said edge, arms extending from the saddle and straddling the 'blade, co-

operating means upon'the arms and blade for guiding the saddle, said saddle being slidable relative to the blade, and can gripping members extending from the saddle.

4:. A can opener includin a blade having an obliquely disposed cutting edge terminating in a point, a saddle, yielding means for holding the saddle normally in position opposite the said edge, arms extending from the saddle and straddling the blade, cooperating means upon the arms and blade for guiding the saddle, said saddle being slidablerelative to the blade, and can gripping members extending from the saddle, said members having a can receivin notch.

55. A can opener including a blade having an obliquely disposed cutting edge terminating in a point, said blade being longitudinally slotted, a saddle, arms extending from the saddle and straddling the blade, means connecting the arms and extending through v and slidably mounted Within. the slot, a stem extending from one of the arms and slidable therewith, yielding means engaging the stem for holding the saddle normally positioned opposite the cutting edge, and a gripping iving extending from the saddle.

In testimony that We claim the foregoing as our own, We have hereto alfixed our signatures in the presence of two Witnesses.

I ANDREW J. ANDERSON. GUS W. ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

J P.-EvANs, M. E. NORTON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

- l I i .Washington,D. C. 

